National Center for Infectious Diseases All About Hantavirus Home | General Information | Technical Information | Contact Us Site Contents General Information How hantavirus is spread, what rodents carry it, disease symptoms, treatment, and how to prevent it. For general interest readers, students and others. Technical Information Detailed information on HPS, written for visitors such as health ...

An online information network about the NEW WORLD HANTAVIRUS and HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME In 1993, a previously unknown infectious disease agent was discovered by a task force of scientists in New Mexico. This disease agent occurs naturally throughout most of North and South America; it is airborne, and in the absence of prompt medical attention, its infections are usually fatal. This ...

By Michon Scott February 5, 2002 On May 14, 1993, a young, physically fit man living in the American Southwest suddenly collapsed. He was rushed to a New Mexico hospital but died of acute respiratory failure within hours. The man had been on his way to a funeral his fiancee died a similar death just days earlier. By May 17, medical center officials identified three similar deaths in the Four ...